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Josh Hasten

Josh Hasten is a Middle East correspondent for JNS. He is co-host of the JNS podcast “Jerusalem Minute,” as well as the host of the JNS podcast “Judeacation.” He also hosts the weekly radio program “Israel Uncensored” on “The Land of Israel Radio Network.” An award-winning freelance journalist, he writes regularly for JNS and other publications. He is also a sought-after guest for television and radio interviews on current events in Israel, having appeared on CNN, BBC, Sky News, Fox, APTV, WABC, ILTV, i24News, and many others.

More than 100 Israelis gathered on Agron Street in downtown Jerusalem, opposite the old U.S. consulate building, protesting the Biden administration’s announced plan to reopen it, Oct. 27, 2021 Photo by Josh Hasten.
Israel News
Pro-Israel movements protest US intention to open Jerusalem consulate for Palestinians
“This is not what real friends do. If you are a real friend, you should respect your friend’s authority and sovereignty over its territory,” said Eytan Meir, head of the international division of Im Tirtzu.
Oct. 28, 2021
Josh Hasten
Construction underway at the new housing for Jewish community in Hebron. Credit: Courtesy/The Jewish Community of Hebron.
News
Building commences on Jewish housing in Hezekiah Quarter of Hebron
More than 30 units are in the works, representing the first major new construction in the “H2” section in the past 21 years.
Oct. 25, 2021
Josh Hasten
Abraham Accords Caucus
Israel News
Knesset launches Abraham Accords Caucus on anniversary of normalization agreement
“They are not a Republican ideal or Democratic ideal. They are an American ideal. The full spectrum of the Israeli government was represented. The full spectrum of the Israeli people was represented,” said former special envoy Aryeh Lightstone.
Oct. 12, 2021
Josh Hasten
The Bahraini delegation at Yad Vashem in Jerusalem, October 2021. Photo by Josh Hasten.
Feature
In eight-day trip, Bahraini influencers see the reality, and warmth, that is Israel
They met with government officials and visited holy sites in Jerusalem before seeing other cultural, religious and historic places throughout Israel during their whirlwind tour.
Oct. 8, 2021
Josh Hasten
An Airbus 320 belonging to Egyptair airline lands for the first time in a commercial flight, at the Ben-Gurion Airport near Tel Aviv on Oct. 3, 2021. Photo by Yossi Zeliger/Flash90.
Israel News
Egypt-Israel flights take off, warming relations that have been stagnant for years
For economic reasons, in particular, the Egyptian community sees the rewards experienced by Israel and their new peace partners in the Gulf as a result of the Abraham Accords and want a piece of the pie, said former Israeli Ambassador Zvi Mazel.
Oct. 5, 2021
Josh Hasten
Blowing shofar in the Gulf to mark the arrival of the Jewish New Year 5782. Credit: Association of Gulf Jewish Communities.
Israel News
As Gulf opens to Jewish life, Muslims spark interest in learning about High Holidays
One year after the Abraham Accords were signed, locals from communities in Gulf states have taken a keen and public interest in the Jewish New Year and its traditions.
Sept. 6, 2021
Josh Hasten
From left: David Benaym, Noam Leibman and Rudy Rochman in Nigeria. Credit: “We Were Never Lost.”
U.S. News
How three Israeli filmmakers wound up becoming the story in Africa
Rudy Rochman, David Benaym and Noam Leibman set off for Nigeria to film a documentary on a disconnected and lesser-known Jewish community there. Instead, they were arrested and thrown into prison for weeks.
Aug. 4, 2021
Josh Hasten
With teams on the ground, SeeTree starts by sending in an agronomist to create an initial assessment and establish a protocol for a farmer’s trees. The trees are then tagged and monitored utilizing military-grade drones, satellite imagery and team members in jeeps with mounted cameras. Credit: SeeTree.
Feature
Utilizing skills honed as intelligence operatives, these Israelis are revolutionizing agriculture
SeeTree co-founder and CEO Israel Talpaz said “when I retired from Israel’s intelligence community, I hooked up to agriculture with the goal of bringing the expertise, technologies and capabilities that I learned in the defense world to the world of agriculture.”
July 27, 2021
Josh Hasten
Ambassadors from several nations pose at the Aish HaTorah Center in the Old City of Jerusalem overlooking the Western Wall. Photo by Josh Hasten.
Israel News
Ambassadors tour Israel to better comprehend its multifaceted security challenges
“To think of all the generations that lived in the area before us and how they progressed is quite breathtaking,” said Doma Tshering, the Kingdom of Bhutan’s Ambassador to the United Nations, visiting the Jewish state for the first time.
July 20, 2021
Josh Hasten
From left: Michal Berman, CEO of the Lone Soldier Center; Ayelet Levin; Knesset member Michael Biton; and Mark Levin (parents of Michael Levin). Photo by Yonit Schiller.
Israel News
Israel’s lone soldiers bolstered by ‘family,’ new program instituted for digital ambassadors
The Lone Soldier Center in Memory of Michael Levin held an inaugural event to help people understand not just the difficulties that lone soldiers face, but also their potential.
July 16, 2021
Josh Hasten
A photo by the Beresheet spacecraft, in which an Israeli flag can be seen on a plaque with the inscription, “Am Israel Chai,” or “the Jewish people lives,” and in English, “Small country, big dreams,” taken 23,360 miles from Earth. Credit: SpaceIL/IAI.
Israel News
Countdown has begun: Israel redoubles efforts for second attempt to land on moon
The “Beresheet 2” mission is hoping to break several records in global space history, including a double landing on the moon in a single mission, along with landing on its far side, which to date has only been accomplished by China.
July 15, 2021
Josh Hasten
Religious Zionists of America (RZA)-Mizrachi communal leadership meeting with Israeli leaders at the Knesset. Source: RZA/Facebook.
U.S. News
Religious Zionists of America-Mizrachi visit to bolster bonds between Israel and the Diaspora
After 18 months away due to the coronavirus, a delegation of Jewish leaders visited institutions and communities, including Lod, to talk about joint relations, the new government, the situation in Gaza and the rise in anti-Semitism across America.
July 8, 2021
Josh Hasten
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